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Mr. Crowe's garden — are not acuminata, but S. rucjo^^ri, Eorr. (= S. 

 hnloscricea, Hook, not Willd.), and ^S*. Smithiana, Willd. Of two 

 other specimens, the right-hand one is S. acuminata, Sra. ; left-hand, 

 from Soham, Norfolk (Mr. Crowe), is not acuminata, but 8. Smithiana. 

 Mr. Ward: "I think Dr. A. has made a mistake in our English 

 Botany acuminata.'''' 



38. " Ego crederem banc formara (saltern folia) ad iS. laurinam, 

 dncendam esse." Mr. Ward: "Certainly not S. lamina. The cat- 

 kins are truly those of cinerea, and the leaves vary considerably." 



39. "A (Sa^ice »S^en«^mwa, Gaud., non multum diversa." Obs. Koch 

 describes the catkins of *S^. Seringiana to be arcuated, which these are 

 not. S. cinerea, L., is a very variable plant, yet true on the whole to 

 certain characteristics, by which it may be recognized, at least when 

 growing. Mr. Ward: "I think this S. cinerea. If the catkins in 

 8. 8eringiana are arcuated, this certainly cannot be that species." 



40. No name or note by Dr. A. 



41. " 8. cineretB forma." Obs. No doubt a form of 8. cinerea, L. 



42. " (S*. cinerea subspecies." Ohs. Doubtless it is so. 



43. " Mihi 8alicis laurina forma, quse Nigricantes cum Capreis 

 quodammodo conjungit (conf. And. Sal. Lap.) attentione digna." 

 Obs. In my opinion, Dr. A. has hit the relation of this plant more 

 correctly tliau Mr. Borrer. The original tree has been washed away, 

 but I have succeeded in obtaining cuttings from it, and specimens will 

 be included in fascic. iii. of the Salict. Exsicc. Mr. Ward : " I never 

 could make out this satisfactorily. The remark which Dr. A. makes 

 I think the best. I never could refer it- to S. aquatica, although Mr. 

 Borrer thought so. It certainly is very different from any form that 

 I have seen." 



44. " Mihi S. cinerere forma." Obs. No doubt a form of S. cinerea, L. 

 45-49. No remark or note by Dr. A. Obs. I may remark witli 



reference to 8. herbacea, No. 49, {S. reticulata should be numbered 48,) 

 that search should be made in Scotland for 8. reiusn. I have received 

 (originally from Mr. Borrer) from my friend tlie Eev. L. Darwall a 

 plant named S. Grahami,* gathered somewhere in tlie Highlands, which 

 I consider to be a form of S. retusa. Mr. BoiTer many years ago asked 

 me if I had any confirmation of S. serpyll'ifolia as a Breadalbane plant, 



* See Journ. of Bot. Vol. V. (1867) 157, and Tab. LXVI, 



